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Does anyone have a recommendation for a therapist to help a mother of young children witih alcohol abuse issues? This person is drinking daily to help cope with the stress of full time work and parenthood. She is not ready to attend a group, but wants to first start with some one on one therapy. Someone located in the Berkeley/Oakland area would be best. anon
i'm looking for recommendations for a therapist for my brother, who is an alcoholic/addict and also struggles with some depression issues. he's a 20-something white male, tends to be a bit more conservative than your average berkeley resident, very intelligent, and doesn't tend to buy into they whole ''psycho-babble'' thing. he oscillates between acknowledging his need for help and denial. during those times when he wants help, i try to provide him with resources.
he needs someone with whom he can have intelligent discussions and can give him some ''straight talk''. he has had trouble finding a good therapist that he can really connect with, respects, and with whom he can establish a relationship. i'm looking for suggestions so that i can be ready to provide him with the next time he's looking! please--any recommendations for therapists out there who might be able to deal with addiction & depression issues, and who also may be able to connect with a young male dealing with all of these issues? THANKS! concerned sis
I need a recommendation for a therapist in the Oakland/Berkeley area who accepts Blue Cross HMO and has experience dealing with problems related to addiction (alcohol addiction and anxiety/depression issues that can come with it). I've checked the archives, but nothing recent fit the bill - thanks
I am looking for a recommendation for a female therapist who can help my husband work through emotions resulting from attempting to quit drinking. He doesn't want to go to Alcoholics Anonymous, but is willing to go to a therapist. When he tries to quit drinking he feels bored and like life is kind of pointless - he's very uncomfortable talking about this stuff. It's like pulling teeth to get him to talk to me about it at all, so I need someone who he'll feel safe enough to open up with - we want a female who is also committed to him making progress and not just going to automatically look to prescription drugs to alter the emotions. It would also be nice to have someone who will support our marriage working well also (so possibly someone who might be willing to eventually include me in some sessions to help with the way this stuff impacts our marriage.) anon I'm sorry to hear that you are married to an alcoholic. The good news is that there is help out there for YOU ... Because you did not cause it, you can't cure it and you will not be able to control it for him .. all you can do is help yourself and your children by going to Alanon meetings.
Here's the link to find a meeting: http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/meetings/california.html
There's also a great online support group, called stepchat.com. Room 3 is where families and friends of alcoholics meet.
It's not easy, but you can learn to have hope and happiness. Good luck to you.
By the way, we all start out looking for help for the alcoholic.
We end up realizing that the only person we have control over is
ourselves... My heart goes out to you.
alanon-er
I'm looking for a couples therapist with expertise around alcohol issues (agreements/contracts, boundaries, ACA pieces). I've checked the archives and haven't seen anything specific to this. Thank you. anon
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